Last Week in Digital Marketing News – August 14, 2017

- August 14, 2017

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“There’s a ton of great data to parse from this series of great infographics, but the most eye-popping of the numbers is likely the 3 billion number.

The latest Global Digital Statshot from We Are Social and Hootsuite reveals that the number of people using social media around the world has just passed the momentous three-billion mark.
Growth trends show no signs of slowing either, with the number of active social media users growing at a rate of one million new users per day over the past quarter.”

“Facebook says it is intensifying its efforts to control scams and fake news by taking a harder line on ‘cloaking,’ a tactic that bad actors use across the web to avoid detection.
Cloaking is a long-time but straightforward practice of so-called black hats online. Fraudulent marketers, pornographers and even racists have used it to disguise their true nature in search results and in social feeds.”

“Facebook is set to debut original shows made by media partners exclusively for the social network, marking the company’s official entry into the high-end online video world that already includes rivals Amazon, Netflix, Google, and Apple.

It is also a product update, meaning the video tab in Facebook’s mobile app will feature a new section called ‘Watch’ to highlight the initiative. ‘Watch’ will also appear on desktop and Facebook’s TV apps.

The company confirmed the update Wednesday, saying it will start to roll out to a small group of users Thursday before expanding it more widely.”

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